Just thinking about what a friend means to me.

I know lots of people and have a few good friends. A friend is someone who will accept everything about me.  They are encouraging, supportive, and positive. . I like to choose my friends. The last person I considered a friend chose me, and it was a disaster. We were completely different and incompatible as friends. Its in my nature to keep peace, but I realized that I was making myself miserable by continuing to nurture something that wasn't meant to be. The more I learn about myself, the more selective I become. I know what my limitations are.

I want to have people in my life who are assets.. and I am an asset to them.  

 

Friends Leave Footprints - E. Roosevelt

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends leave footprints in your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses all. Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t life long enough to make them all yourself. Friends, you and me…you brought another friend…and then there were three…we started our group…our circle of friends…and like that circle…there is no beginning or end…yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why they call it a present.” – Eleanor Roosevelt